LOUIE SPENCE: I MAKE EVERYONE ELSE HAPPY BUT I CAN’T FIND HAPPINESS MYSELF
Great Company with Jamie Laing
Jampot
4.6 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Louie Spence is a showbiz icon. For thirty years he was a professional dancer, performing on the West End and touring with the Spice Girls and Take That. But it was his starring role on Sky 1’s Pineapple Studios that made him a celebrity.
I’ve met Louie a couple of times before now and he genuinely lights up every room he’s in. But beneath his larger-than-life character is a different, quieter person who has struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as he can remember.
We cover:
- His lifelong struggle with anxiety and depression
- His mum Pat’s secret battle with alcoholism
- Finding his people at Italia Conti stage school
- Growing up as gay during the Aids epidemic
- His decision not to become a parent
I came away from our conversation knowing more about who the real Louie Spence is - and I think he is far more entertaining and interesting than he could possibly ever know.
If you’ve been affected by anything mentioned in today’s podcast, here are some links:
- samaritans.org
- mind.org.uk
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Producer: Helen Burke
Video: Jake Ji
Audio: Rafi Amsili
Social Media: Laura Coughlan & Anthony Barter
Exec Producer: Jemima Rathbone
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| 0:00.0 | Guys, I'm just going to stop the interview right there for just one second to talk about our sponsors, |
| 0:05.3 | Diet Coke, which is really exciting. Now, you know you have those moments in the day which are |
| 0:08.9 | really special, those moments where you get to pause and reflect and have those moments to yourself, |
| 0:13.2 | those rare moments. Well, Diet Coke's latest campaign is all about that. It's, this is my taste. |
| 0:20.3 | Now, for me, my Diet Coke moment is when I come home from a long |
| 0:24.1 | day at work, I sit on the floor, I turn on the TV and watch sport and pour myself a Diet Coke all |
| 0:29.5 | by myself. Those moments for me are pure bliss. So what are yours? Is your Diet Coke moment full of |
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| 0:54.5 | to be won like cash prizes and sign merch by Jamie Dornan, which I cannot wait for. T's and |
| 0:59.6 | C's apply, of course. So this is my taste, but what is yours? That sound. Let's get back to the |
| 1:06.0 | episode. Hello everyone. |
| 1:13.5 | My name is Jamie Lang and this is Great Company. |
| 1:19.1 | Well, welcome back everybody to Great Company podcast. |
| 1:21.0 | It's your host Jamie here and you are. |
| 1:22.3 | The producer, Jemima. |
| 1:22.7 | Yes, you are. |
| 1:23.3 | That's smooth. |
| 1:24.1 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:25.7 | Jamima's wearing a fleece today. |
| 1:27.2 | I am wearing a fleece. |
| 1:26.6 | And you're also reading a book, which gave me anxiety of how big it is. It is a big book. It is. If you listen to Chloe Burrows, it's fourth wing. Fourth wing. Sorry, she'll give more context that. Chloe Burroughs mentioned she's reading a book. It's called fourth wing. I am reading that book. It's very big. Is it about the fourth wing of a house, or is it a fourth wing? |
| 1:28.2 | Only you would think that. |
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